HELP! there are mosquitoes breeding in my tank.

[qngwn]

hi guys,

as for mosquitoes breeding in your fish tanks, i guess it's no new issue.
but it's like now, in the dead of the night when the electricity's tripped due to a heavy rain, when i wake up to find the switchboard that i see many many mosquitoes hopping on the surface of the water in my 2 feet tank.

maybe it seems that the cause is that the flowrate of my cansiter is not high enough. it is 600L/H on a 2 Ft tank. but maybe i should be around 400L/H? doesnt seem that strong to be 600L/H.

perhaps i should get a cover for my fisk tank. but anyone with any ideas to DIY a cover? mine's a 2ft tank, forgot the brand, with euro bracing (aka perimeter bracing)

maybe you guys can tell me how you stop mosquitoes from breeding inside your fish tank?

cheers!

[lehuynhanhtuan]

In natural way, tank or pond is the good net for mosquitoes comes to breed, If you try to cover your tank the tank will not nice looking and the temperature may be increase. My suggestion is to let the fishes to enjoy the eggs of the mosquitoes.

[vernonlcm]

Normally mosqito only lay eggs in still water...Anyway fishes love larva... Free food for them so why not?

[Shadow]

you should not worry about it as long as you have fish inside

[Cross]

If your filter is on, mosquitos would only hover around but will not lay eggs unless power tripped. Even if laid eggs, fish will feast, if not even if hatched the larvae cannot breathe due to current flow and die

[qngwn]

but the prob is, my fishes are neon tetra, and they do not go to the surface to look for food!

[Cross]

Add guppy? haha

[fotoudavid]

put guppies!!

[qngwn]

nope just neon tetras. guppies will eat them?

[Cross]

Guppies love them larvae!

[Cross]

Better make sure you do not have shrimps inside though!

[larlee]

My cardinals goes to the surface for food with the guppies......
well....i have a fan blowing on the surface, i dont face that issue you have.

[chooz]

but the prob is, my fishes are neon tetra, and they do not go to the surface to look for food!

Funny your neon tetras don't to go the surface for food. Mine seem to go anywhere to look for food. They will snip at insects attracted by the light and drop to the water surface. They will also snatch the sunk algae pellets from my pleco.

[FC is here]

hi guys,

as for mosquitoes breeding in your fish tanks, i guess it's no new issue.
but it's like now, in the dead of the night when the electricity's tripped due to a heavy rain, when i wake up to find the switchboard that i see many many mosquitoes hopping on the surface of the water in my 2 feet tank.

maybe it seems that the cause is that the flowrate of my cansiter is not high enough. it is 600L/H on a 2 Ft tank. but maybe i should be around 400L/H? doesnt seem that strong to be 600L/H.

perhaps i should get a cover for my fisk tank. but anyone with any ideas to DIY a cover? mine's a 2ft tank, forgot the brand, with euro bracing (aka perimeter bracing)

maybe you guys can tell me how you stop mosquitoes from breeding inside your fish tank?

cheers!

guppies loves eating them

[Wabi-Sabi]

Your situation is very unique.. Mozzies breeding in a planted tank with critters is unheard of, at least to me. Chill.... your neons will eat whatever being bred in your tank regardless whether your neons are top or middle range swimmers.

[qngwn]

Your situation is very unique.. Mozzies breeding in a planted tank with critters is unheard of, at least to me. Chill.... your neons will eat whatever being bred in your tank regardless whether your neons are top or middle range swimmers.

okay.. thats good to hear! maybe i feed them too much ><

[qngwn]

bought some guppies. hope they'll be eating! i figured out maybe why they're not eating. cos besides me feeding, my maid, my dad and my mum feed them too. so one day they're being fed 4 times. lucky i have no more other family members living with me.. ><

[rav]

so one day they're being fed 4 times.

heheh that's the reason why your neons are not eating. Actually fishes will prefer live food to any other kind of alternatives. So you don't have to worry, just starve them and they'll have those mozzies 4 times a day.

[qngwn]

haha my mum resorted to using a towel to cover the whole set up, which defies it purpose of being a nice display, but now it's a fish tank covered with a towel..

[herns]

hi guys,

as for mosquitoes breeding in your fish tanks, i guess it's no new issue.
but it's like now, in the dead of the night when the electricity's tripped due to a heavy rain, when i wake up to find the switchboard that i see many many mosquitoes hopping on the surface of the water in my 2 feet tank.

maybe it seems that the cause is that the flowrate of my cansiter is not high enough. it is 600L/H on a 2 Ft tank. but maybe i should be around 400L/H? doesnt seem that strong to be 600L/H.

perhaps i should get a cover for my fisk tank. but anyone with any ideas to DIY a cover? mine's a 2ft tank, forgot the brand, with euro bracing (aka perimeter bracing)

maybe you guys can tell me how you stop mosquitoes from breeding inside your fish tank?

cheers!

as long as there are fish in the tank, mosquitoes couldnt breed.